Zouheir, the Muslim Hero Who Saved People in Paris

Have you heard about Mr. Zouheir? He is the muslim security guard in Paris who saved people from attacks.

Across social media, his existence was proof that ISIS is not Islamic and there are muslims heroes. It is true, in fact, that not all muslims are terrorists and there are good muslim heroes in the world. Unfortunately, in this case, Mr. Zouheir is a myth.

Kudos to Breitbart.com and the French newspaper Liberation for noting this.

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